Parasite Director Bong Joon Ho Leads Industry Veterans at Press Conference Demanding Formal Investigation into the Alleged Mishandling of Lee Seon Kyun’s Drug and Blackmail Case

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So I don’t think these folks are virtue signaling or trying to look good but I do think the end result will still never feel satisfactory or get justice for the wronged. South Korea top director Bong Joon Ho of Parasite and many more award winning movie fame held a press conference accompanied by other industry veterans in the acting, … Continue reading →

Yang Zi and Zhu Yi Long Wins 2023 Weibo Night Queen and King as the C-stars Put on the First Red Carpet Party of the New Year

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The first big C-ent party of 2024 was this weekend with the 2023 Weibo Night celebration that brought out nearly all the popular stars in the industry. Yang Zi and Zhu Yi Long took home the top awards Weibo Queen and King but it’s a popularity award of course. The rest of the awards all fete the stars with notable … Continue reading →

C-actor Peng Guan Ying Finishes Re-shoots for The Golden Hairpin as Yang Zi Adds the Drama to Her Agency Promos for 2024

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It’s new year with good news for beleaguered C-drama The Golden Hairpin. After countless fits and starts and various actors attached to the re-shoot, the final contender Peng Guan Yin has reportedly finished his re-shoots and the drama is headed to post-production. This is the S-level drama starring Wu Yi Fan and Yang Zi that went into limbo after his … Continue reading →

Knight Flower with Honey Lee and Lee Jong Won Premieres to Highest MBC Fri-Sat Night Ratings in Years with 7.9%

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I don’t want to yasssss queen Honey Lee just cuz she’s an amazing actress and star but she totally deserves it here. She’s headlining the new MBC Fri-Sat night sageuk drama Knight Flower (Night Blooming Flower) and the drama just premiered on Friday to 7.9% ratings and solid reviews in what could be a hit for the network. It’s the … Continue reading →

First Look at Xiao Zhan in Period Drama Zang Hai Zhuan in BTS Pictures From Filming Set

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Oh, me likey! The more Xiao Zhan can get away from xianxia the better IMO, even with his breakout beloved The Untamed it’s been too many years now and with last year’s underwhelming The Longest Promise I would love to see him in a more grounded role. The first BTS stills have hit the interwebs from the set of currently … Continue reading →

C-ent Looks Back 12 Years Later at the Infamous Backstabbing Yin Xiao Tian Incident in 2012 and All the Backstabbers Careers Have Flailed While the Supporters Have Succeeded

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I was solely covering K-dramas in 2012 but even then I heard of the infamous Backstabbing (Sword Stabbing) Yin Xiao Tian Incident that year. It’s so famous it even has its own Baidu page haha. It spawned factions, memes, accusations, denials, betrayals, and true friends emerging. In 2012, then one of the four top male leads Yin Xiao Tian was … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning’s Agency Suggesting Female Leads for His Next Period Drama Other than Yang Chao Yue But Can’t Find Any Takers

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I really like Liu Yu Ning but when there is smoke there is likely fire, and the rumors of his side’s hustling to get more exposure (such as increased scenes in dramas) may have a modicum of truth. It’s coming up again as he’s signed on as the top billed male lead for the period C-drama A Dream Within a … Continue reading →

Xin Zhi Lei Breaks Out Thanks to Wong Kar Wai Directed C-drama Blossoms Shanghai and Other C-actresses Reportedly Now Want Pouty Lips Like Her

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I don’t know if C-actress Xin Zhi Lei was born with Kylie Jenner manufactured lips or it’s with work done but she is absolutely the definition of a onscreen bombshell in the currently airing C-drama Blossoms Shanghai. In the last two weeks she’s received the most positive lift from the drama buzz and is the breakout among the three female … Continue reading →

First Stills of Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won in Star Studded K-drama Queen of Tears

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This is one of the most high profile K-dramas of 2024 and has a confirmed March airing date on tvN so I am not surprised to see the promos starting. A first still has been released of leads Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won in the drama Queen of Tears penned by writer Park Ji Eun as her first … Continue reading →

Chinese Paladin 4 with Ju Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan Mired in Top Billing Controversy and Reportedly Pulled From Airing at the Last Minute This Week

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So there are rumors for the past few weeks that Chinese Paladin 4 would be airing in January 2024. It’s not a big budget drama and was filmed in 2022, plus there is Sword and Fairy based on Chinese Paladin 6 just wrapped filming that would be ready to air soon as well. But this week there is no CP4 … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun Confirmed for jTBC Police Drama Good Boy

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I sure hope this script is banging because K-actor Park Bo Gum has taken the longest hiatus to come back after finishing military service and I hope his selections airing this year are worth it. His last drama was Record of Youth in 2020 and now we’re in 2024 already, but he has filmed Thank You for Your Hard Work … Continue reading →

Yang Yang and Jin Chen’s Xianxia Drama The Immortal Ascension Gets Additional Investors and Rises to S-level Production

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Within C-ent the S-level drama production means the highest level of money investment so the biggest budget basically. Investment comes from the production company going out to get investors, it’s rare for a production company to cover the entire cost of the budget. Afterwards the drama is sold to platforms and also sells commercials and if it’s a success the … Continue reading →

K-drama The Price of Confession in Talks with Jeon Do Yeon and Kim Ji Won as the Leads

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So this K-drama got a lot of news last year for being the project that would cast face-twins Song Hye Kyo and Han So Hee, and the two even teased it on their socials and tagged each other. In the end neither signed on to the thriller murder mystery K-drama The Price of Confession and the production quietly went about … Continue reading →